title: User interface and patient involvement.
abstract: Increased patient involvement is a goal in contemporary health care, and of importance to the development of patient oriented ICT. In this paper we discuss how the design of patient-user interfaces can affect patient involvement. Our discussion is based on 12 semi-structured interviews with patient users of a web-based solution for patient--doctor communication piloted in Norway. We argue ICT solutions offering a choice of user interfaces on the patient side are preferable to ensure individual accommodation and a high degree of patient involvement. When introducing web-based tools for patient--health professional communication a free-text option should be provided to the patient users.
authors.affiliation: Norwegian Centre for Integrated Care and Telemedicine, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway.
authors.forename: Hege Kristin
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Andreassen
authors.forename: Line
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lundvoll Nilsen
mesh_terms: D008490:Medical Informatics / Q000379:methods*; D009664:Norway; D010358:Patient Participation / Q000379:methods*; D012648:Self Care / Q000379:methods*; D012984:Software; D012985:Software Design; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000379:methods*; D014584:User-Computer Interface